News & Awards

Katya Ravid, Fellow of the American Heart Association

Katya Ravid has been elected Fellow of the American Heart Association (FAHA) conferred by the Council on Basic Cardiovascular Sciences (BCVS). This Fellowship welcomes Dr. Ravid "into one of the world’s most eminent organizations of cardiovascular and stroke professionals". It is recognition "for excellence, innovative and sustained contributions in the areas of... More

Emelia J. Benjamin, MD, Named AHA Distinguished Scientist

Please see the recent post from the Department of Medicine for full announcement of Dr. Benjamin's recognition. An international leader in the epidemiology & genetics of atrial fibrillation (AF), Dr Emelia Benjamin, is an Executive Committee Member at the Framingham Heart Study, a clinical cardiologist at Boston Medical Center & the... More

Evans Center Awardees

2023 Evans Center IBR Outstanding Research Collaborator Elise Morgan, PhD ad interim Dean, College of EngineeringMaysarah K. Sukkar Professor of Engineering Design and Innovation and Director of the Center for Multiscale and Translational Mechanobiology “Dr. Morgan is someone who goes out of her way to bridge collaborations and research projects and makes... More

Katya Ravid selected as the Barbara E. Corkey Professor of Medicine

Katya Ravid, D.Sc., Professor of Medicine and Biochemistry, selected as the inaugural incumbent of the Barbara E. Corkey Professor of Medicine     Colleagues, I am delighted to announce that Katya Ravid, D.Sc., Professor of Medicine and Biochemistry, has been selected as the inaugural incumbent of the Barbara E. Corkey Professor of Medicine! Dr. Ravid is nationally... More

BU Today Spotlights ARC Director Dr. Alice Cronin-Golomb

In the series, Office Artifacts, Dr. Cronin-Golomb reflects on her over 27 year career at BU through the interesting items that she has collected and displayed in her office. One such item is this "brain [that] was crafted by a student from rubber bands for an extra credit project." Read More in BU Today

Drs. Coleman & Farrer standing together

Dr. Lindsay Farrer Receives New 2020 ARC Leadership Award

NEW AWARD 2020 Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research ARC Leadership Award Dr. Lindsay Farrer (Professor), inaugural recipient Precision Medicine for Alzheimer Disease and Related Disorders (Precision Medicine ARC) Protein Trafficking and Neurodegenerative Disease (Protein Trafficking ARC) since 2009 The ECIBR ARC Leadership Award recognizes commitment and excellence in initiating and leading a successful... More

2018 Evans Center Collaborator Award

Dr. Irving Bigio (Professor) Fibrosis: Connecting Tissues and Investigators (FCTI ARC) Dr. Bob Varelas (Associate Professor) Fibrosis: Connecting Tissues and Investigators (FCTI ARC) Dr. Kathleen G. Morgan (Professor) Molecular, Biomechanical and Genetic Mechanisms of Arterial Stiffness ARC

2014 & 2013 Evans Center Collaborators

Louis Gerstenfeld, PhD, Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery Award: Interdisciplinary Educational Mission of the Evans Center (2014) Barbara S. Nikolajczyk, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Microbiology Award: Sex Differences in Adipose Tissue Biology and Related Metabolic Disease (2014) Mark Grinstaff, PhD, Professor, Biomedical Engineering and Chemistry Award: Physical Sciences & Engineering Collaborator (2013) Karl J. Karlson, MD, Chief, Cardiac Surgery Award: Clinical... More

New Evans Center Fellow Award

Announcing a New Evans Center Fellow Award For eligibility and details click here The department of Medicine and its Evans Center have established a reward to recognize achievements of a successful ARC via a new Evans Center Fellow Award to support early career investigators in fields of research developed by the ARC.The... More

2013 Evans Center Fellows

Dr. Tamar Aprahamian (Assistant Professor) Sex Differences in Adipose Tissue Biology and Related Metabolic Disease ARC Dr. Gyungah Jun (Assistant Professor) Protein Trafficking & Neurodegenerative Disease ARC Dr. Marc Liesa (Postdoctoral Associate) Mitochondria in Health and Disease ARC Dr. Cesar Sommer (Postdoctoral Associate) BU iPS Bank ARC

Katya Ravid, DSc/PhD Receives Robert Dawson Evans Special Contribution Teaching Award

Boston University School of Medicine Robert Dawson Evans Special Contribution Teaching Award Presented to Katya Ravid, DSc/PhD, during the Dept of Medicine’s Annual Evans Days Award Dinner, October 17, 2013. “The Department of Medicine honors you with this Special Recognition Teaching Award. For two decades medical and graduate students have benefited from... More